PRogramme for Integrated earth System Modelling PRISM

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PRogramme for Integrated earth System
Modelling(PRISM)

• An Infrastructure Project for Climate Research in
  Europe

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Overall PRISM Objectives

• - Undertake a pilot infrastructure toward the
  establishment of a distributed European network
  for Earth system modelling
• -gt Co-ordinate European Climate Modelling
  efforts
• Create a European service and management
  infrastructure for developing, coordinating and
  executing a long-term programme of European-wide,
  multi-institutional climate and Earth System
  simulations
• -gt Develop a European Climate Modelling System
• A portable, efficient and user-friendly
  Global Climate System based on actual models, and
  associated diagnostic/visualisation softwares
• gt Recently funded by the European Union (4.8
  MEuros)

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PRISM Contributing Partners

• -MPG-IMET, Germany
• (Dr. Guy Brasseur, coordinator)
• -KNMI, The Netherlands
• -MPI-MAD, Germany
• -Met-Office, United Kingdom
• -UREADMY, United Kingdom
• -IPSL, France
• -Météo-France, France
• -CERFACS, France
• -DMI, Denmark
• -SHMI, Sweden

• -NERSC, Norway
• -ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• -ING, Italy
• -MPI-BGC, Germany
• -PIK, Germany
• -ECMWF, Europe
• -UCL-ASTR, Belgium
• -NEC Deutschland
• -FECIT/Fujitsu
• -SGI Deutschland
• -SUN, Germany

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PRISM components
Atmospheric Chemistry -MPG-IMET -UREADMY
-IPSL -Met. Office -Météo-France -KNMI
Atmosphere -MPG-IMET (ECHAM) -Météo-France
(ARPEGE) -IPSL (LMDZ) -Met. Office (Unified
Model) -UREADMY -ING
Land Surface -IPSL (Orchidée) -Met. Office
-MPG-IMET -UREADMY -Météo-France (ISBA)
Regional Climate -SHMI -DMI -Met. Office
Coupler CERFACS (Oasis)
Ocean Bio-geochemistry -MPI-BGC -IPSL
-MPG-IMET -Met. Office
Sea Ice -NERSC -UCL-ASTR -Met. Office
-IPSL -MPG-IMET
Ocean -Met. Office
(FOAM) -MPG-IMET (HOPE) -IPSL (OPA/ORCA)
-UREADMY
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PRISM main tasks and associated workpackages

• 1) Definition of a standard physical interface
  for each component (WP 2a)
• 2) Technical development of the coupler and model
  interface library (Wp 3a)
• 3) Physical and technical interfacing of
  state-of-art European models (WPs 3b-c-d-e-f-g-h)
• 4) Development of common diagnostic/visualisation
  tools and data management system (WPs 2c, 4a)
• 5) Development of a web-based interface to
  assemble, and run a Climate model, and control
  data archiving and post-processing (WP 4b)
• 6) Perform demonstration runs (WP 5)

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European Computer Available for PRISM Activities

• 1. ECMWF Europe
  Fujitsu VPP5000
• 2. DMI Denmark
  NEC SX-4
• 3. Météo-France France
  Fujitsu VPP5000
• 4. Idris France
  NEC SX-5
• 5. ING Italy
  NEC SX-4
• 6. SARA The Netherlands
  Cray C-90
• 7. U. of Bergen Norway
  Cray T3E
• 8. SMHI Sweden
  Cray T3E, SGI 3000
• 9. CSCS Switzerland
  NEC SX-4 SX-5
• 10. Hadley Centre United Kingdom
  Cray T3E